Stewart's false ad hominem attack on Mississippi like Section 5

6:54 PM,
Mar. 1, 2013

Written by

Sid Salter

Comedy Central "news" host Jon Stewart's factually challenged, sloppily reported and downright false attempt at painting all 3 million Mississippians with the same broad brush of backward racism, ignorance and insularity is much like the legal arguments many attempt to make in defending no change whatsoever in Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

The Supreme Court is expected to decide the future of Section 5 - which requires that places in America with a history of preventing or impeding minorities from voting get federal "preclearance" of any changes in election laws or procedures - ...